--- schema_version: "1" id: 234fb5975c45c820b4d4aeb33834eaa30e7c2a988a5b0d6d8e363e582ca2d76d title: ConnectApi.Topic collection: legacydeveloper version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/legacydeveloper/current/en-us/apexref/apex_connectapi_output_topic.md canonical_url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_connectapi_output_topic.htm source_site: developer.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: 9811e20ec17656fc5ccf3cd471ea6cc34d50e53e861ace1e09b4a7035fc960d0 description: Topic. --- # ConnectApi.Topic Topic.

Name	Type	Description	Available Version
`createdDate`	Datetime	ISO 8601 date string, for example, 2011-02-25T18:24:31.000Z.	29.0
`description`	String	Description of the topic.	29.0
`id`	String	18-character ID.	29.0
`images`	`ConnectApi.TopicImages`	Images associated with the topic.	32.0
`isBeingDeleted`	Boolean	`true` if the topic is currently being deleted; `false` otherwise. After the topic is deleted, when attempting to retrieve the topic, the output is NOT_FOUND.	33.0
`name`	String	Name of the topic.	29.0
`nonLocalizedName`	String	Non-localized name of the topic.	36.0
`talkingAbout`	Integer	Number of people talking about this topic over the last two months, based on factors such as topic additions and comments on posts with the topic.	29.0
`url`	String	URL to the topic detail page.	29.0

#### See Also - [ConnectApi.ManagedTopic](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_connectapi_output_managed_topic.htm "Represents a managed topic in an Experience Cloud site.") - [ConnectApi.TopicPage](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_connectapi_output_topicPage.htm "Page of topics.") - [ConnectApi.TopicEndorsement](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_connectapi_output_topicendorsement.htm "Represents one user endorsing another user for a single topic.") - [assignTopic(communityId, recordId, topicId)](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_ConnectAPI_Topics_static_methods.htm#apex_ConnectAPI_Topics_assignTopic "Assign a topic to a record or feed item.") - [assignTopicByName(communityId, recordId, topicName)](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_ConnectAPI_Topics_static_methods.htm#apex_ConnectAPI_Topics_assignTopicByName "Assign a topic to a record or feed item.") - [getTopic(communityId, topicId)](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_ConnectAPI_Topics_static_methods.htm#apex_ConnectAPI_Topics_getTopic "Get a topic.") - [updateTopic(communityId, topicId, topic)](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_ConnectAPI_Topics_static_methods.htm#apex_ConnectAPI_Topics_updateTopic "Update the description or name of a topic or merge up to five secondary topics with a primary topic.") - [createTopic(communityId, name, description)](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_ConnectAPI_Topics_static_methods.htm#apex_ConnectAPI_Topics_createTopic_10 "Create a topic.") - [mergeTopics(communityId, topicId, idsToMerge)](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_ConnectAPI_Topics_static_methods.htm#apex_ConnectAPI_Topics_mergeTopics "Merge up to five secondary topics with a primary topic.") - [ConnectApi.TopicEndorsementCollection](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_connectapi_output_topicendorsementcollection.htm "Collection of topic endorsement response bodies.") - [ConnectApi.TopicSuggestion](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_connectapi_output_topicSuggestion.htm "Topic suggestion.") - [ConnectApi.TopicsCapability](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_connectapi_output_topics_capability.htm "If a feed element has this capability, the context user can add topics to it. Topics help users organize and discover conversations.")